• DocumentCode
    1832707
  • Title

    Life cycle costing analysis for poly-silicon photovoltaics production processes in Japan

  • Author

    Inoue, T. ; Kajikawa, Y. ; Yamada, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-10 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1990
  • Lastpage
    1993
  • Abstract
    The objective of this study is to identify the key technology with analysis of the cost boundary of future photovoltaics (PV) technologies using life-cycle costing. We estimate the amount cost of photovoltaic system in Japan. It considers material flows over the whole production process starting from silica extraction to the final panel assembling. The comparison of current scenario to the expected future PV technologies focusing on the equipments in each production processes results in factory scale boundaries.
  • Keywords
    life cycle costing; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic power systems; life cycle costing analysis; poly-silicon photovoltaics production processes; Biological system modeling; Photovoltaic systems; Production facilities; Silicon; Cost reduction; Life cycle analysis; Photovoltaics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Macao
  • ISSN
    2157-3611
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8501-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2157-3611
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674647
  • Filename
    5674647